and 1950 report to GAC, 106–108
his account of meeting with Ulam, 21
and April 1951 report, 156
Bethe’s link to, 88
and boosting, 118
character of, 3
competitive spirit of, 89
and compression, 7
effect of “Joe 1” on, 30
his faith in the young, 155–156
as Family Committee chair, 114
at June 1951 meeting, 152
and LAMS 1225, 1
and “layer cake,” 10
learning of Spitzer idea, 127
and lithium deuteride, 11
and Los Angeles APS meeting, 124
and Mark, 22
meeting in Chicago, 144
“observation” of Mike test, 182
optimism of, 105, 108, 148
his participation in 1946
conference, 91
his plan to “observe” Mike test, 176
as recruiter of Rosenbluth, 168n
recruitment efforts by, 119
recruitment of author, 34–35
recruitment of Wheeler, 30, 31
relation to Oppenheimer, 107
relation to Ulam, 104–105
and selection of continental test site, 112
and selection of Savannah River site, 113
and six-day work week, 83
his support of Matterhorn, 121
in T Division, 87
and “telephone book” report, 107
and Ulam, 2, 4, 8, 13
his view of Truman statement, 43
and von Neumann-Fuchs invention, 91
and wartime work on fusion, 97–98
and Wheeler, 4
his wish to head T Division, 97
Teller, Mici, 4, 96, 120, 125, 161
Teller, Wendy, 5n
Teller-Ulam idea, 1–12 (Chapter 1), 67, 68, 142, 153, 182
compared with von Neumann-Fuchs invention, 101
later accounts of, 13–23 (Chapter 2)
reactions to at the time, 4
and related ideas at the time, 5
temperature of radiation, 68
testing weapons, 112–114
Theoretical Division. See T Division
Theoretical Megaton Group, 155
thermal energy, 65
thermonuclear burning
calculations, 145
“third idea,” 10, 11–12
Tinker Bell, 70
Toll, John, 33, 78, 79, 85, 102, 120, 141, 148, 161
administrative skills of, 141
as co-author of PM-B-37, 173
his decision to join project, 34
first days at Matterhorn, 140, 141, 169
in France, 27, 32
and interests in world affairs, 80
and Los Angeles APS meeting, 20, 123
and “Princeton physics,” 86
programming by, 149, 165
returning from Los Alamos, 131
as roommate, 77, 79
shared optimism of, 148
and “telephone book” report, 107
and thermonuclear burning, 143
welcoming Spitzer, 127
ton (of energy), 1n
transmutation, 46
Trinity test, 112
trip
from Los Alamos, 131
to Los Alamos, 73–77
tritium, 6, 98, 104
Truman, Harry
briefing on Mike, 181n
December 1950 declaration of emergency by, 122
and Du Pont, 104
January 31, 1950 statement by, 31, 32, 41n, 42, 83, 101, 102, 122
receiving GAC report, 40
Tucson, Arizona, 161
TX-5, 174, 175
U. S. Navy, 71–72
“U. S. Nuclear Physics Reserve,” 173
UK. See Great Britain in nuclear club
Ulam, Claire, 77
Ulam, Francoise, 18, 120
her account of discovery, 18–19
Ulam, Stanislaw (Stan), 2
his account of discovery, 15–17
and calculations with tritium, 110–111
and Carson Mark, 113
character of, 2
and early Super calculations, 103, 104, 105, 106
and equilibrium, 7
and Fermi’s early Super calculations, 84–85
friendship with von Neumann, 90
and Glenn Seaborg, 15–16
and LAMS 1225, 1
meeting with Teller, 21
participation in 1946 conference, 91
and Super calculations, 84–85
in T Division, 87
and Teller, 2, 4, 13
Ulams, Stan and Francoise, 77, 187n
unified model, 28n
UNIVAC, 170, 173
University of California, 81–82
as an inertial block, 121
University of Chicago, 87, 102
Met Lab, 123
University of Massachusetts, 83n
University of Michigan, 72
University of Minnesota, 132
University of Washington, 82, 83
uranium-235, 110
“Uranium Club,” 58n
USSR, 12
50-megaton blast, 183
August 1953 thermonuclear explosion, 183
first atomic explosion, 29
thermonuclear work in, 10
and weapons tests, 11
Utt, James, 186
V-12 program, 71–72
Van Vleck, John, 93n
Vienna, 156
Vietnam War, 185, 187
Villard, Paul, 46
von Neumann, John (Johnny), 19, 89
early death of, 90
friendship with Ulam, 90
at June 1951 meeting, 152
as Los Alamos consultant, 87, 88, 119
and MANIAC, 165
and Teller, 20
and work on ENIAC, 103
See also von Neumann-Fuchs invention
von Neumann, Klari, 103
von Neumann-Fuchs invention, 90–91, 99–101, 111, 115, 116, 117
Walton, Ernest, 50
Washington, D.C., 186
weapons testing, 112–114
Weizsäcker, Friedrich von, 54
Weizsäcker mass formula, 54
Wellerstein, Alex, 189
Wellesley College, 72
Wells, H. G., 50, 59
Wheeler, Alison, 121
Wheeler, Janette, 85
in France, 31, 32
and Mici Teller, 4
moving to Los Alamos, 77
reaction to Los Alamos, 78, 120
trip to Los Angeles, 125, 161
Wheeler, John, 26, 72, 141
1949-50 in France, 27–28
1950 vacation with Janette, 32
1950 visit to Princeton, 34
autobiography of, 83
Bethe’s link to, 88
Bohm, disappointment in, 134
Bohm, recruitment of, 133
and Bohr, 28–29
concern about underestimated yield, 183
creating Matterhorn, 126
in crowded office, 85
decision to join project, 32
early days at Matterhorn, 140, 141, 169
and early Super calculations, 103
effect of “Joe 1” on, 30
joining Los Alamos, 102, 119
at June 1951 meeting, 152–153
and Los Angeles APS meeting, 20, 123, 124
as Matterhorn leader, 165
and Matterhorn recruitment, 128
as a mentor, 35
and naming Stellarator, 129–130
and nuclear deformation, 27–28
optimism of, 105, 108, 148
and “Princeton physics,” 87
as principal author of PM-B- 37, 168, 173
reaction to Mike test, 181
recruitment efforts by, 119
seeking Princeton approval, 121
and six-day work week, 83–84
and Spitzer idea, 127
and Task Force 132.1, 179
as a teacher, 25–26, 27
and “telephone book” report, 107
and Teller, 4
and thermonuclear burning, 143
and Ulam, 4
witnessing Mike test, 176, 178
and “Yule log,” 5
and the Zia Company, 86
Wheeler children
in France, 27, 29, 31, 32
in Los Alamos, 77, 78
and Los Alamos schools, 120–121
Whitworth, Fletcher, 189
Wilets, Lawrence (Larry), 25, 141, 173
Williams, Frederic C., 165n
Williams tubes, 165, 166
Winnipeg, Ontario, 162